14 h. ago Google employees in New York told to stay home after apparent bed bug breakout at $2.1 billion campus

The outbreak may have been connected to a number of large, stuffed animals on the Chelsea campus

Society

4 d. ago Emilia Clarke says Netflix’s Twits adaptation ‘speaks to the world we live in’

Clarke’s character, a bed bug who lives in Mr Twit’s beard, is the film’s narrator.

Politics

6 d. ago Prince Andrew has massive decision to make as 'the game is finally up'

Pressure continues to grow on Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, following allegations he told paedophile Jeffrey Epstein they were "in this together" in an email

Politics

6 d. ago Anyone noticing one smell between 2am and 5am urged to check bed sheets

An expert has shared the 'red flag' signs you could be dealing with a bed bug infestation

Politics

7 d. ago Keanu Reeves says Diane Keaton was ‘a generous artist and very special person’

Reeves paid tribute to Keaton, his co-star in the 2003 romcom Something’s Gotta GiveDiane Keaton obituaryPeter Bradshaw on Diane KeatonThe actor Keanu Reeves has paid tribute to Diane Keaton following her death in California on Saturday aged 79.Speaking on the red carpet at a screening in New York of his latest film, Good Fortune, Reeves told E! News: “She was very nice to me. [A] generous, generous artist and a very special, unique person.” Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Jim Crowley told he’ll be ‘in a wheelchair for three months’ following York fall

The former champion jockey is planning to return to action in 2026 after fracturing his pelvis and leg and suffering internal bleeding after he was one of two riders who came down in the same race last month

Politics

8 d. ago Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we are in this together’ day after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged

Duke of York also reportedly told paedophile friend ‘we'll play some more soon’ in email sent three months after date he insisted he had severed contact with disgraced financier

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8 d. ago Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we are in this together’ day after Virginia Guiffre photo emerged

Duke of York also reportedly told paedophile friend ‘we'll play some more soon’ in email sent three months after date he insisted he had severed contact with disgraced financier

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8 d. ago Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein in an email “we are in this together” after a picture of the British royal with his arm around a teenage Virginia Giuffre was first published in 2011.The email will pile further pressure on the Duke of York and the royal family because he previously told the BBC he had ceased contact with the convicted child sex offender by that point. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago First Republican governor comes out against Trump’s deployment of National Guard

‘We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,’ Oklahoma’s Gov. Kevin Stitt told The New York Times

Politics

1 week ago JP Morgan staff told they must share biometric data to access headquarters

Investment bank had previously planned for such information from New York workers to be voluntaryJP Morgan Chase has told staff moving into its new headquarters in New York that they must share their biometric data to access the multibillion-dollar building.The investment bank had previously planned for the registering of biometric data by employees at its new Manhattan skyscraper to be voluntary. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 3 former New York prison guards charged in beating death of handcuffed inmate go on trial

A prosecutor told a jury that three former upstate New York prison guards on trial in the fatal beating of Black handcuffed inmate were part of a “gang” that took part in an act of of “sheer, unimaginable brutality.”

Events

1 week ago Ken Jacobs, mainstay of New York’s underground film culture, dies aged 92

Experimental film-maker’s works included Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra, and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s SonRenowned experimental film-maker Ken Jacobs, whose works such as Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son made him a key member of the underground film circuit of the 1960s, has died aged 92. His son Azazel Jacobs, also a film-maker, told the New York Times that he died of kidney failure in hospital on Sunday.Described by the New York Times as “the éminence grise of the American avant garde”, Jacobs and his wife Flo, with whom he collaborated on much of his work, straddled the worlds of experimental art and American new wave film-making, along with the likes of Jack Smith, Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He was a founding member of New York’s Film-Makers’ Co-Operative and the first director of the Millennium Film Workshop in 1966, both of which offered a space for film-makers working outside the mainstream and which are still operating today. Conti...

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1 week ago Ken Jacobs, luminary of New York underground film culture, dies aged 92

Experimental film-maker’s works included Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra, and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s SonRenowned experimental film-maker Ken Jacobs, whose works such as Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son made him a key member of the underground film circuit of the 1960s, has died aged 92. His son Azazel Jacobs, also a film-maker, told the New York Times that he died of kidney failure in hospital on Sunday.Described by the New York Times as “the éminence grise of the American avant garde”, Jacobs and his wife Flo, with whom he collaborated on much of his work, straddled the worlds of experimental art and American new wave film-making, along with the likes of Jack Smith, Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He was a founding member of New York’s Film-Makers’ Co-Operative and the first director of the Millennium Film Workshop in 1966, both of which offered a space for film-makers working outside the mainstream and which are still operating today. Conti...

Events

2 w. ago US attorney resists pressure from Trump to prosecute Letitia James

Prosecutor reportedly does not believe there is probable cause to file charges against the New York attorney generalA career federal prosecutor in Virginia has told colleagues she does not believe there is probable cause to file criminal mortgage fraud charges against New York attorney general Letitia James, according to a person familiar with the matter.The prosecutor, Elizabeth Yusi, oversees major criminal cases in the Norfolk office for the US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia and plans to soon present her conclusion to Lindsey Halligan, a Trump ally, who was installed as the US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia last month. Yusi’s thinking was first reported by MSNBC on Monday. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Federal prosecutor resists pressure from Trump to charge Letitia James

Prosecutor reportedly does not believe there is probable cause to file charges against the New York attorney generalA career federal prosecutor in Virginia has told colleagues she does not believe there is probable cause to file criminal mortgage fraud charges against New York attorney general Letitia James, according to a person familiar with the matter.The prosecutor, Elizabeth Yusi, oversees major criminal cases in the Norfolk office for the US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia and plans to soon present her conclusion to Lindsey Halligan, a Trump ally, who was installed as the US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia last month. Yusi’s thinking was first reported by MSNBC on Monday. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Sarah Ferguson is 'devastated and wishes she never met Jeffrey Epstein' after email leak saw her dropped as patron by seven charities

The Duchess of York was defended by football WAG Lizzie Cundy, who told of speaking to Fergie amid fall-out from revelations by the Mail on Sunday.

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